The organisers of the fortebet Real Stars monthly awards have revealed the winners for the month of December.
Three sports personalities were awarded on Thursday January 8th morning at Molecule Restaurant in Kololo .
The event was graced by Patrick Ojok the Uganda Chess Federation General Secretary, sponsors in Rasty Mbatidde Namugema for Fortebet and Erone Nandawula for Jude Colour Solutions alongside Isaac Mukasa the CEO Real Stars Sports Agency.
Three sports personalities were rewarded in the different disciplines of Chess, Netball and tennis and the different winners were; Omprakash Sana (Chess), Shadia Nasanga (Netball) and Odeke John (Lifetime achievement award) .
In Netball, Shadia Nasanga won the Netball gong following her excellent performances at the she Cranes and her kcca Netball club .She defeated her she Cranes teammates Safie Nalwaja and Recheal Nanyonga
Shadia guided the Uganda Netball National team to win the Celtic Cup and a second-place finish at the recent Africa Netball Championship she also helped her professional club KCCA Netball Club as a captain to a Uganda Netball League triumph.
Netting in the most goals she through the month of December she earned her second Real Stars sports award while Chess Real Star player for December.
On another side in chess category Sana Omprakash walk away with the award of the best chess player of the month of December after she won Uganda’s first ever gold medal at Africa youth chess championships in Harare, Zimbabwe in the (U18) category.
Omprakash defeated Juliet Asaba, who won silver at the just concluded Africa youth chess championships in Harare, Zimbabwe in the (U14) category and Apollo Ahumuza won silver at the just concluded Africa youth chess championships in Harare, Zimbabwe in the (U12) category.
For the Month of December 2025, the Fortebet Real Stars lifetime achievement award went Lawn Tennis Legend John Oduke who joined as a boy and continue with devotion to the game combining a 32-year playing career and nearly 25 years as a coach.
Oduke, a legend both as a player and a coach, was recognized with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Fortebet Real Stars Sports Monthly opening awarding ceremony which opened the year 2026.
The 67-year-old spoke of his journey that led to the big recognition. “This day is not normal as usual; it is a remarkable for my career which I started as a 10-year-old boy. I played my first game in 1970, won my first tournament in 1975, rose to the international scene by playing in the Davis Cup and I managed to play semi-professional in Germany. After my retirement, I joined coaching and now I am sitting on the board representing coaches because I am a coach too.”
About the award, Oduke joyously stated, “Unexpectedly, I received a call three years back from Isaac that they have something for me and now it is a Real Stars Lifetime Achievement Award indeed. My long-time commitment has been recognized in this special way.”
On his long-time career, Oduke noted, “It wasn’t just a career but a big sacrifice, staying single until late age, waking up at 5 am every day of my career and no fancy life.”
These awards have run since 2018 and are sponsored by betting firm, Fortebet as well as Jude Colour Solutions.
What a fantastic achievement for Shadia and Sana! It’s wonderful to see their dedication recognised like this.